238 MALPIGHIACEAfi ramstkma. 



cari pnberolo, stipnl is minulissimis. Innorcsccnlia foliis suprcmis fcre aborlien- 

 libua lermioalia panicnlaeformia , umbellis qaadriflorii composita, pedunculi di- 

 rersorom ordinum scriceo-pubescenles compressi , pedicclli semipollicarcs gra- 

 ciles, bracleae braclcolaeque brcvcs. Calycinae laciniae lineam Inngae suborbi- 

 CUlares, exlrorsum scricco-pubentes eglandolosae. Pelala calyee mullo longiora, 

 unguc gracili rcflexo, limbo magno subrolundo dcnticulatn , exlrorsom sericeo- 

 pubente. Slamina supra calycem cxscrta, valde inaeqnalia allerna alternis, cx- 

 tcriora sub anthcsi inlerioribns majora), Blamentia glabria, basl coalitis, an- 

 tbcris glabris, conneetivo prominente granuloso. Ovaria 3 in uonm longe birsn- 

 lum trilobum coalita, apice singula gibbosa. Slyli arcuali, loti liirsiiii , spice 

 truncato stigmaliferi. Fruclus non suppctil. — Crescil in Brasiliae provin- 

 cia Bahiensi. 



35. B. NIGRESCENS Adr. Juss. in St. Elil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 44. - Foliis lan- 

 ceolalis acuminatis glanduloso-marginalis, supra lucidis, sublus pubcrulis gla- 

 bralisve petiolalis, petiolo eglanduloso; petalis luleis fimbrialo- ciliatis; anlheris 



puberulis; samaris ? 6 — Caulis sarmenlosus, rami juniores compressi, pube 



brevi adpressa ad nodos densiori conspersi , adulli tcretes el glabrati. Folia 

 (poll. 4-2 longa, lineas 15-7 lata) lanceolata acuminata, margine subtus revoluto 

 glandulisque nonnullis minulis imprcsso intcgerrima, supra lucida, subtus pilis 

 adpressis parce puberula vel glabrala ncrvisque prominulis rcliculata, tota sic- 

 cationc nigrescentia petiolata, petiolo lin. 3-4 longo, supra canaliculato puberulo. 

 Inflorcsccntiac lcrminales vel pleracque lateralcs umbelliformcs, umbclla quadri- 

 flora, pedunculi (ramuli axillarcs aphylli) solitarii vel inlcrdum geminati (poll. 

 l'/t— 1 longi) compressi puberuli vel glabrati, plcrumque supra vel circa medium 

 bibracleali, bracleis oppositis lanceolalo-linearibus ncc raro ad axillara floriferis, 

 pedicelli lineas 8-9 longi compressi, pilis adpressis pubesccnles, basi arliculali, 

 infra arliculum bractca cxlrorsum, lateribus bracleola duplici slipali, bracleis 

 bracleolisque minutis ovalis pubescentibus. Calyx quinquepartilus, laciniis li- 

 neam longis, obtusissime ovatis, exlrorsum pubesccntibus, basi (praetcr unam) 

 biglandulosis, glandulis ovatis prominentibus confluenlibus. Petala calyce qua- 

 druplo longiora unguiculala , ungue calycem paullulum superante, limbo subor- 

 biculari lacerato-cilialo, medio exlrorsum pubcsccnte, reflexa subinaequalia lutca. 

 Stamina 10 calycem superantia, 5 pelalis opposila allernis breviora, filamenla basi 

 in annulum oblique coalita glabra inaequalia, quae breviora eadem latiora, an- 

 therae inlrorsae, loculis linearibus discrelis puberulis, conneclivo crasso adnalis. 

 Ovaria 3, basi et introrsum tantum inter se coalita, caeterum libera conoidea 

 birsuta, inlrorsum circa medium slylifera et supra styli orlum in gibbum pro- 

 ducta, singula uniovulata, ovulo uncinato pendulo. Slyli staminibus subaequales 

 glabri, apice stigmatiferi, stigmale truncato discolori. Fruclus non suppelebat. 

 Diversae partes, praeserlim glandulac calycinae, siccando nigrescunl. — B. fim- 

 briala Griseb. Linnaea XIII. 191. — In sylvis cacduis prope urbem Sancti Pauli. 



36. B. ERIANTIIERA Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. III. 411. — Ramis ad nodos an- 

 nulalis; foliis lale ovatis, obliquc acuminalis, utrinque pubcrulis, subtus reticu- 

 lalo-venosis, longiuscule petiolalis; calyce 8-glanduloso; pctalis rubiginoso-se- 



riceis fimbrialis ?; anthcris dense lanatis; stylis villosis; fructu ?6 — 



Rami juniorcs compressi, pube brevissima rubiginosi, adulli teretes glabrati. 

 Folia ovala (poll. 5-3 longa, 3-2 lala) oblique el longiuscule acuminata, utrinque 

 sed praeserlim in nervo medio pnberula, supra laevia , subtus vcnis prominenti- 

 bus reliculata pallidiora, peliolo semipollicari puberulo, supra canaliculalo, sti- 

 pulis brevibus, basi Iata cum opposita Iransverse confluentibus ita ut ad nodos 

 ramus annulo prominente cingalur. Fmbcllae axillarcs foliis multo breviores 

 3-4-natae, singulae pedunculo unilloro brevi vulgo bibracleato nonnumquam ad 

 nxillas bractcarum insidcnlcs, pedunculis interdum ramulo breviori stipitatis, sae- 

 pius subsessilibus, pedicelli (lin. 10 longi) pcdunculorum instar rubiginoso-se- 

 ricei. Calycinac laciniae subrotundae lineam longac rubiginoso-sericeae 4 bi- 



